The use of foetal doppler ultrasound to determine the neonatal heart rate immediately after birth: a systematic review

HUTCHON, David (2022). The use of foetal doppler ultrasound to determine the neonatal heart rate immediately after birth: a systematic review. Children, 9 (5): 717.

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Official URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/5/717
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Abstract

Determining the neonatal heart rate immediately after birth is unsatisfactory. Auscultation is inaccurate and provides no documented results. The use of foetal Doppler ultrasound has been recognised as a possible method of determining the neonatal heart rate after birth over the last nine years. This review includes all published studies of this approach, looking at accuracy, speed of results, and practical application of the approach. Precordial Doppler ultrasound has been shown to be as accurate as ECG and more accurate than oximetry for the neonatal heart rate, and provides quicker results than either ECG or oximetry. There is the potential for a much improved determination and documentation of the neonatal heart rate using this approach.

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Additional Information: ** From MDPI via Jisc Publications Router ** Licence for this article: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ **Journal IDs: eissn 2227-9067 **History: published 13-05-2022; accepted 12-05-2022
Uncontrolled Keywords: neonatal, heart rate, resuscitation, Doppler, precordial
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.3390/children9050717
SWORD Depositor: Colin Knott
Depositing User: Colin Knott
Date Deposited: 16 May 2022 10:19
Last Modified: 12 Oct 2023 12:15
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/30224

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